Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 18.2

18.2.1

āgneyam kratum śaṃsati /

He recites the section to Agni;

18.2.2

tad imaṃl lokam āpnoti /

thereby he wins this world.

18.2.3

uṣasyam śaṃsati / (soma: aAśvina śastra)

He recites [the section] to the Dawn;

18.2.4

tad antarikṣa lokam āpnoti /

thereby he wins the intermediate world.

18.2.5

āśvinam śaṃsati /

He recites [the section] to the Aśvins;

18.2.6

tad amuṃl lokam āpnoti / (soma: aAśvina śastra)

thereby he wins yonder world.

18.2.7

sauryam kratum śaṃsati /

He recites the section to Sūrya;

18.2.8

asti vai caturtho deva loka āpaḥ /

there is indeed a fourth world of the gods: the Waters.

18.2.9

tam eva asya tena āpnoti /

That one he wins for him thereby.

18.2.10

pragātham śaṃsati / (soma: aAśvina śastra)

He recites a pragātha;

18.2.11

paśavo vai pragātha /

cattle are a pragātha,

18.2.12

paśūnām eva āptyai /

for the obtaining of cattle.

18.2.13

atho prāṇa apānau vai bārhataḥ pragāthaḥ / (soma: aAśvina śastra)

Moreover, the Bārhatapragātha is expiration and inhalation.

18.2.16

dyāvā pṛthivīyam śaṃsati /

He recites [the verse] to Heaven and Earth;

18.2.17

pratiṣṭhe vai dyāvā pṛthivī pratiṣṭhityā eva /

Heaven and Earth are two firm supports, for firm support.

18.2.18

dvipadām śaṃsati /

He recites a Dvipadā;

18.2.19

pratiṣṭhānīyam vai chando dvipadā pratiṣhityā eva / (soma: aAśvina śastra)

the Dvipadā metre is a firm support, for firm support.

18.2.20

bārhaspatyayā paridadhāti /

He concludes with a verse to Bṛhaspati;

18.2.21

brahma vai bṛhaspatiḥ /

Bṛhaspati is the sacred power;

18.2.22

brahmaṇy eva tad antataḥ pratitiṣṭhati / (soma: aAśvina śastra)

in the sacred power he ultimately finds a firm support.

18.2.23

atha eṣā sampad bhavati /

Now this is the metrical computation:

18.2.24

trīṇi gāyatrī śatāni te dve bṛhatī śate / (soma: aAśvina śastra)

three hundred Gāyatrīs, they are two hundred Bṛhatīs;

xviii. 3. Three hundred Gāyatrī verses are two hundred Bṛhatī verses;

18.2.25

saptatim anuṣṭubhaḥ saptatim paṅktayaś catvāriṃśat śatam bṛhatīnām / (soma: aAśvina śastra)

seventy Anuṣṭubhs and seventy Paṅktis are one hundred and forty Bṛhatīs;

seventy Anuṣṭubh and seventy Paṅkti verses are one hundred and forty Bṛhatī verses; deducting a hundred Gāyatrī from three hundred Triṣṭubh verses there are three hundred Bṛhatī verses; the hundred Gāyatrī verses and a hundred Jagatī verses are two hundred Bṛhatī verses; fifty Triṣṭubh and fifty Uṣṇih verses make up a hundred Bṛhatī verses; then there are fifty-seven Bṛhatī verses actually found; the fifty-first and fifty-second Triṣṭubh verses and (the verse) of two Padas are three Bṛhatī verses; thus a thousand Bṛhatīs are made up from a thousand of varied metres. ‘He should not recite over a thousand, nor less than a thousand’ is the rule; the expansion of the Āçvina is however conspicuous. This is a service for Agni; verily he should not fall away from the service for Agni; if he should pass over the service for Agni before the due time, he should apply there whatever in the Āçvina is addressed to two gods in the Ṛcs; in the service for Sūrya (he should use) (the verses) for Soma, the purifying, according to metre, Gāyatrī in Gāyatrī, Triṣṭubh in Triṣṭubh, Jagatī in Jagatī; all that is connected with Sūrya in the place of (the service) for Sūrya; all Pragāthas to Indra in the place of the Pragātha; all to sky and earth in the place of (the hymn) to sky and earth; all (verses) of two Padas in the place of (the verse) of two Padas; all addressed to Bṛhaspati before the final verse. That is whatever of the Ṛcs is not set forth.

18.2.26

trayāṇām triṣṭup śatānām gāyatrī śatam uddhṛtya tāni trīṇi bṛhatī śatāni / (soma: aAśvina śastra)

taking out a hundred Gāyatrīs from three hundred Triṣṭubhs, these are three hundred Bṛhatīs;

18.2.27

tac ca gāyatrī śatam jagatī śatam ca te dve bṛhatī śate /

and that one hundred Gāyatrīs and one hundred Jagatīs, they are two hundred Bṛhatīs;

18.2.28

pañcāśat triṣṭubhaḥ pañcāśad uṣṇihaḥ śatam bṛhatyaḥ sampadyante / (soma: aAśvina śastra)

fifty Triṣṭubhs and fifty Uṣṇihs amount to one hundred Bṛhatīs;

18.2.29

atha yāḥ sapta pañcāśatam bṛhatyo atra eva tāḥ sampannātḥ /

then the fifty-seven Bṛhatīs are fulfilled right here;

18.2.30

atha ye dvāpañcāśyau triṣṭubhau dvipadā ca tās tiro bṛhatyaḥ sampadyante / (soma: aAśvina śastra)

then the two Triṣṭubhs of fifty-two syllables and the Dvipadā amount to the remaining Bṛhatīs.

18.2.31

tan nānāc chandasyānām sahasram sat sahasram bṛhatyaḥ sampadyante /

Thus, being a thousand verses in various metres, they amount to a thousand Bṛhatīs.

18.2.32

na sahasram atiśaṃsen na arvāk sahasrād ity eṣā ha eva sthitiḥ / (soma: aAśvina śastra)

'He should not recite more than a thousand, nor less than a thousand'—such indeed is the rule.